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arrived at Brazos where he was feastecl &C. Then proceded up to Gal- wst?n . . II e & the Chartenl Vessels with the soldiers set i;ail; but their d('st111abon had now been changed from :i\latamoras to Tampico be- cause )Ietamoras had, since l\lexia left there, changed from Santa Anna t~ Bustamenta; hence they had to go to Tampico. On their way one o,f th~ vessels Nelson Compd by Wm. P. Harris when in sight of Brasos Santi Ago the water was nearly exhausted with 200 people aboard; they saw at anchor the US. Schooner Grampus, Tatnel )laster; Capt Harris went aboa rel & applied for water. Tatnel acrreed to aim him 600 gals · in getting 300 aboard the Nelson, the Nelso~ put to ~ee & left the Capt Harris aboard the Grampus- When Capt. Harris saw himself thus left hehirnl, the Capt. of the Grampus gave him his open boat with h_ands to row it, a11cl off they started to overtake the Nel~on; they rowed till night & fill(ling that they could not oYer haul her, they returned to the Grampus, the Capt of which profered to pursue the treacherous rascals and sink them; but Capt said no; he prefored going shore; and made a statmt. of the circumstances to the Comd of the post at Brasos San Ago. He could expect no favors from, he being a Bustumenta man. He tarried a day with tavern keeper Parker, & then went to Mata- moras, where he met with a friend in Habenstreits a merchant of Mata- moras who furnished Harris with means to proceed to Tampico. Harris went and recovered his Vessel & and sailed for home. The other Vessel :Mecana commanded by Harris' brother, was wrecked on its way in stop- JJing for water; aft.er many difficulty the capt reached home. Capt Harris sailed from Galveston last July and got back NoYembcr 1831
No. 1627. SPENCEH JACK TO L:\lL:\H
(Brazoria? 183- ?]
Gen! LAl\lAR DEAR Sm
Knowing that any Information relating to the History of Te~as will not offentl you I therefore take pleasure in stating the the [sic] fol- lowina- Th;t in the year of 1831 there was a military post e"tablished at a place called A nalt uack on the East Side or the hea<l of Gal\'eston Bay- a Col. Bradburn Commadant of the post When In the corse of EYents difficulties arose between the Citizens and the Commudant Bradburn: he to show his power (he was a 1-i::entuckean) he I_mprisoued a number of persons- Among the first was the Gallant Trims who[se] character you well know S C Jack a )[r Allen-and others, The In- dignation ·of the people ~ms aroused and upon the ~all.of Wm !l Ju~k and his friends (amona whom I wns one) to md m relensmg lus Brother and others we bmached & took 13 prisoners Wr Rushctl. to A nahuacl,; and made a demand In a civil wny of our friends contemll_ng It was an Infringement of our Liberties Bradburn refu~etl to 1! 1 \'_c them up, but we still demanded-haYing still in po.-;se~• 011 our I.I prisoners Here Sir J must tell you how we took them on our mnc·h W(' :-:e 11 t out Six men under the commander Scott as our nclrnnre ~unrcl-they Spied the enemy 1-1 in number-the ".'Hard sent one mnu lw·k to 11 ~l>t't the main army· Consisting of ubout 150 men to Inform us-learnig
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